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Best Blossoms

Posted on April 22, 2015 6:01 PM by Julie 6 Comments

Since I didn’t have a chance to do the Color Challenge (CC527) on Splitcoast yesterday, I’m combining it with the Sketch Challenge (SC537) today. When I started out, I wasn’t sure I would be able to work these colors but I found one piece of a sand card stock which is a dead ringer for the sahara sand. Other than white, that’s the only card stock I used. I white heat embossed the flowers & greeting on the sand card stock. On the flowers, I used Prismacolor pencils to add the other 2 colors…wasabi & pink. For the sketch, I turned the square to better fit & the die cut border serves as my long horizontal panel.

After I die cut the sand card stock, I colored a narrow strip w/ a pink pencil & attached it behind the cut out to act as the ribbon element on the sketch. The flowers were fussy cut & attached on my square/diamond shape. I also used the pink pencil around the border of the sand layer & added a fussy cut butterfly.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Dogwood Branch, Special Day Wishes, Three Butterflies

Ink: Colorbox frost white pigment

Paper: Neenah white, sahara sand clone

Accessories: Spellbinders square, A2 matting basics A, Anne Border strip dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangle die, Prismacolor pencils, white embossing powder, sequins

I’m entering this in the Curtain Call Challenge- Bouquet.

And also in these challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge.
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges #89 ~ Use A Die Cut

Birthday Pottery

Posted on April 7, 2015 7:14 PM by Julie 5 Comments

For today’s Color Challenge (CC525), we had a wide range of choices. I chose the far left row of colors (saffron, pistachio, sky, cantaloupe) for my card. The main reason I went with these colors was I came across a background I made a while back, using embossing folder stamping & some shine sprays (I sprayed the colors directly onto the embossing folder, then lightly pressed it to the paper). The colors are almost exact matches, so that was that! Then I couldn’t figure out what to do with it, lol. I finally pulled out one of my favorite images, these pottery vases, colored them w/ Copics & fussy cut them.

I stamped them again on top of the background after I die cut it (no way was I going to cut out those skinny little branches), then attached them on top. An extra center vase was popped up. The greeting is combo of the actual stamp & a couple of die cut words w/ their first letters snipped off to replace the ones in the stamp. I used a stamp positioner to rearrange the rest of the greeting to fit where the die cut letters would be. A sky blue layer, some black sequins & a black Candi dot were added to finish. These are the Copics I used for the vases.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Vases, Happy Birthday

Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, sky blue

Ink: Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Serendipity Believe die & Hope die, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, black Permapaque marker (to edge the panel), black sequins, black Candi dot, Heidi Swapp shine sprays, Quatrefoil embossing folder (Paper Studio)

I’m also adding these cards to Virginia’s View Challenge #14!

Vases 549G	Happy Birthday simple 1060D	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Believe die 024DD
Peace, Hope dies 030HD	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Heidi Swapp shine spray	Sequins	Permapaque markers	X-Press It Blending Card

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Beach Umbrella

Posted on April 1, 2015 5:14 PM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast (SC534) seemed perfect for an idea I had a couple of weeks ago to make a beach umbrella scene. Originally I was going to use bright, summer colors, but changed my mind & made it softer, sandy colors.

After I die cut the large sand background & smaller white one, I used a curved border die to cut off the bottom and replaced it w/ a piece of designer paper. I also added a little piece of a punched fence, a few pieces of die cut grass & a die cut border to cover the cut.

The umbrella was die cut out a dusty pink & the toppers cut from more of the same collection of dp. I added the flip flops, clouds & a few crystals. Here’s a peek at the simple inside using some leftovers. (It’s not really crooked, lol. It’s just a weird angle.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Flip Flop Fun, Happy Birthday (from Little Boys set)

Paper: white, textured sand & dusty pink (DCWV matstack), dp (ODBD Shabby Rose collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks Victorian Velvet

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Clouds & Raindrops, Umbrellas, Flip Flops dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & curved border dies, crystals, picket fence punch

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